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BetaShares US equity ETF rated

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
The BetaShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 ETF has become the fund provider's seventh vehicle to be awarded a 'Recommended' rating by Lonsec. The fund, which has the ASX code QUS, was launched in January and aims to track the performance of the FTSE RAFI US 1000 ...

No inflation but no growth either: Janus Capital

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
The great quantitative easing experiment has escaped the high levels of inflation that many experts predicted it would bring, but it has also failed to bring much growth, says Janus Capital chief investment officer of equities and asset allocation Enrique ...

Volcker Alliance proposes new US regulator system

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2015
Six years after US financial regulatory mismanagement triggered the GFC, US policy makers are still debating how the US regulatory system should be restructured. The Volcker Alliance, a non-partisan regulatory think tank comprising former senior regulators ...

Hockey slams Labor super tax proposal

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
Treasurer Joe Hockey has responded to Labor's suggestion of a 15% tax on super earnings above $75,000, saying, "Labor's default position is always to increase taxes." In an interview, Hockey said he hadn't looked at the "details" of Labor's announcement ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
The Australian market looks set to open higher after Wall Street posted solid gains following a big jump in US existing-home sales and a mixed bag of earnings reports from Boeing, McDonald's and others. At 0805 AEST on Thursday, the June share price ...

BetaShares launches ASX-listed hedge fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2015
Exchange traded funds (ETF) provider BetaShares listed a hedge fund to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear Hedge Fund will invest its assets into cash and sell equity index futures contracts (ASX ...

Tempo finds beta growth in Europe, Asia

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
Boutique fund manager Tempo Asset Management is turning its global smart beta strategy away from the United States and Canada and finding growth in Europe and Asia. Tempo principal Joe Bracken told Financial Standard that the Tempo Global Equity Fund ...

Investors misunderstand smart beta: AXA IM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
Investors' misunderstanding of 'smart beta' is leading them to inferior products, according to AXA Investment Managers director for Australia, Craig Hurt. Hurt said there is a common misconception that the term refers to indices weighted by some means ...

JPM appoints Goldman Sachs managing director

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015
J.P. Morgan has announced that Paul Uren will join Grant Dempsey as co-head of global investment banking for Australia and New Zealand. Uren joins J.P. Morgan from Goldman Sachs where he was managing director and co-head of investment banking services ...

Rice Warner consultant criticises MySuper fee disclosure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
Rice Warner consultant, market insights Nathan Bonarius has criticised standardised fee disclosure for MySuper products, arguing it allows funds to distort their fee structures. Although Bonarius applauded the intent behind the standardisation of fee ...